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窶廢very morning I come downstairs and he窶冱 already done the dishwasher, he窶冱 already packed his lunch, and he窶冱 ready to go,窶� Ruthe窶冱 father, Ben, tells CNN Sports. 窶廩e窶冱 just a disciplined kid. He goes to bed early, he looks after himself, he eats well, he looks after his sister. He窶冱 just a good kid around the house in all ways, really. We窶决e very lucky.窶� [url=https://pendiefimance.com]pendle finance[/url] Ruthe is next due to compete in the 1,500 meters at the Maurie Plant Meet in Melbourne on Saturday, and one target time to aim for will be his dad窶冱 fastest time of 3:41.22 窶� three hundredths of a second faster than Ruthe窶冱 current personal best. But he still has a way to go before he can call himself the most decorated runner in his family. Dad Ben and mom Jess are both former national champions who represented New Zealand on the world stage, while his maternal grandparents won European championship medals for Great Britain. His grandmother, Rosemary Stirling, arguably had the most impressive achievement: an 800m Commonwealth Games title from 1970. Despite his family pedigree, Ruthe was never under any pressure to take running seriously. His parents, in fact, didn窶冲 allow him or his sister Daisy to train at all until they were 13, never wanting their identities to be tied solely to running. 窶廬t feels like it窶冱 the right decision about now,窶� says Ben. But as he gradually starts to realize his potential, Ruthe, when pushed, admits to having big goals in the sport. 窶廬f I had to pick one thing, definitely Olympic gold,窶� he says. 窶廬 feel like that窶冱 most runners窶� dream and the biggest thing you can actually win. So that窶冤l definitely be the top of my bucket list.窶� The 2032 Olympics in Brisbane, Ruthe adds, would be a nice target. And as for the Los Angeles Games in three years窶� time? 窶廬窶囘 actually love to try and qualify for LA 28,窶� he says. 窶廬 feel like that窶冤l be a tough goal. But if I do that, I窶冤l be really happy.窶� Already, Ruthe窶冱 name is being mentioned in the same breath as Norway窶冱 Jakob Ingebrigtsen, the most successful middle-distance of this generation. It was his record as the youngest-ever four-minute miler that Ruthe took last week, and the New Zealander also beat Ingebrigtsen窶冱 1,500m record for a 15-year-old earlier this year. Ingebrigtsen窶冱 success, Ruthe says, has given him hope that he too can 窶徂ave a good future窶� in the sport. But his biggest source of motivation comes not from the two-time Olympic champion, but from those closest to him 窶� his training group led by coach Craig Kirkwood and athlete Sam Tanner. The pair were instrumental in Ruthe窶冱 recent mile time of 3:58.35, and it was five-time national champion Tanner who paced him perfectly around four laps of the track on his way to the record. |